Originally Posted by rollexus

"Nick, why you feel the need to lump me in with the other 2 projects"

Hey Ryan, given your ability to step up to the plate as these other two gentleman have done with such an ambitious project has put you in the same class respectfully.

Nick, I appreciate your comments, and although I definitely called you out, I did do it respectfully. If you think about it, you do not know me either, but because I have taken on a project TT'ing the 1UZ for my car, you choose to put me in the same group as the other two, and I find that to be in error. Their projects, according to their own words, are not going further, and therefore, have not really been completed (In Bob's case), and not completed with the best of quality (In Eric's case). If you read my thread ( I do apologize for the length of it), you will clearly see that not only is it not stopped, but I am planning on a long first test drive this weekend. So, my point is, you should never have "lumped me into the former group", and I stand by that emphatically.

"insinuating that my project may also be going the way of the "Dodo" (No offense to Bob or Cowboy), I do not really understand."

My apologies if you took it the wrong way, I am not this type of negative person.I wanted to hear from you. Read on regarding why....

Nick, if you wanted to hear from me, why not simply go to the last post on my thread, and ask for a status? It is a simple thing to do...

"While I cannot speak for Cowboy, or Bob, it appears that at minimum, funds became a major issue to completing their projects. That is not only understanding, but quite normal with many "Car projects" across the nation. Many people start their dream projects and then just run out of money. So, to answer your question, the major issue to steer clear of so that you can keep from "breaking your back" on a major project such as turboing the SC400: Make sure you are clear on your goals of your project before you start it, make sure you understand and plan out your project and the costs it will incur. Especially make sure you allow a 20% cushion for unexpected costs, and then make sure you have done your best to select the proper fabricators and companies to do the work on your car. If you do these things, and you do not lose interest, as Bob did, then you should be able to complete your project."

Bingo! spoken like a scholar. We get a lot of ambitious individuals coming to my brother's shop trying to turn their Hyndais to RTs. 9/10 cases fall under what you described above. As these young member see such projects on forums much like this one, they start getting way over their heads. It is almost like we are selling them fake dreams. They need to be educated on the true sacrifices, not a bunch of "SWEET", "ALL SEX" etc.. types of pictures.

Agreed...

"With the SC400, everything is custom, and usually "One Off", so that adds massive amounts of time and money to your project timeline and costs. That is the hardest part of completing a project such as this. Nothing else. So, before you decide to post up what I consider to be an inconsiderate, and rude post,"

Right now we have 2 SC400 shells, 2 fully built 2UZs, 1 scrapped 2UZ, 2 TT Kits, 2 V161s, 2 complete TT rear ends, 2 P&P ECU, waiting on 2 sets of cooling systems. Each customer put in ~30K in hardware and 0 ratchets turned as of yet. These customer have many worries money is not one of them.

I understand...Money was never my issue either...

" with no real understanding, I must request that you stop and think before you type...."

Please sir, I know you as being the honest and gentleman that you are. There is no need for such comments. You don't even know who you are talking to. Again, respectfully.

I intended no disrespect in my reply to you, but I do not believe you thoroughly thought through including me in group of presumed failed projects...Again, go to my thread and read my last post...My thread is not failed, I have not stopped, I am not discouraged, nor am I attempting to sell my car, or part it out. So, why did you feel compelled to include me with the other two?

"So again, the next time you decide to type such an uninformed question, why don't you consider carefully what you write, because it shows that you do not understand what you are stating...."

Being a PhD student, I cannot put so much time into these threads, however; I would like all these youngsters to know, such projects can bring you down to your knees. Mod guru's please say it how it is, not how it seems to be.

Seriously, I sincerely congratulate you on your working towards your PhD. That is a testament to your ability to think things through, or to understand beyond what most can or are willing to do. Should I note that I am working towards my MBA? It will help my business endeavors, perhaps my car, but probably not.

Ryan, I would love for you to come uo here and see what we are doing, we do have some talented Mech engineers here in Canada, but USA will always be big brother. Kudos on the hard work I do hope it dioes work out for you. Hell, I will even come down to see this thing.

Nick, I do intend to visit Toronto in the future...I will most definitely look you up before I visit...And I mean this in a positive way...I am not angry with you, nor do I hold any malice towards you. I just do not appreciate you "lumping" my project into the group that you did...

Bob, I wish you good luck on the sale, as hard as it may be can you please enlighten us on where the project went wrong. Success stories are good to hear however; it is the failures that we learn the most from.

Mods, you should know that this is not a thread hijack, please see the bigger pic here. There is no exchanging of harsh words, at least not from my end. Let the truth be told as Ryan has so thoughtfully done.

Nick from Toronto.